A woman who claims to be "homeless" has revealed that she uses dating apps to sleep at men's houses.

Now, with the housing crisis really having a chokehold on many countries around the world, many have been looking for alternative ways to keep a roof over their heads - but this one has got to be the most creative yet.

Emily Webb from Australia‘s Gold Coast thinks she has it all figured out after claiming to combat homelessness with a date or two... or ten.

The 25-year-old took to TikTok to reveal what she likes to refer to as a "life hack", stating: "If you're new here, I'm homeless."

"This is one of my boyfriends' places," she continued, referring to the apartment she was in at the time of the video. "...But I can't believe I was wasting my money on rent all this time.

"Life hack: If you're hot, do not ever pay rent. You can literally just go on Hinge and stay at a different guy's place for free every single night."

Hmm, meeting a random man on Hinge and going to his place immediately... sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

But hey, I guess it works for some.

Webb revealed that she uses dating apps to find a place to stay every night. Credit: Mapodile/Getty

Webb told her followers that she was going to continue with this trend and see how far it takes her, documenting her journey along the way.

She added that she only does it for a few nights before she's overstayed her welcome and is back to sleeping in her car.

Speaking to News.com.au, she opened up about her surprisingly easy way of getting through life.

"I’ve been on dating apps finding different guys’ places to stay with, and it is going surprisingly well," she told the outlet. "I don’t usually tell them. I don’t want to put pressure on anyone. I don’t mention that I’m homeless, and I don’t think I look homeless."

The influencer, who also does risqué street interviews, noted that she has a handful of friends in the area, but she doesn't want to "burden" them.

"I have so many friends on the Gold Coast, but I don’t want to overstay my welcome or be a burden, but I don’t mind being a burden to random men," she added.

However, her plans quickly went downhill as she recently took to TikTok to reveal that some men were catching onto her tactics, and she's back to sleeping in her car or resorting to asking friends for a favor.

She's also giving the Hinge thing a break - a good idea if I ever did hear one, as - let's be honest - going to strangers' homes can be pretty dangerous.

Let's hope she can manage to get some cash together with the earnings from social media and put a deposit down on somewhere safe.

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A woman has found a unique way to combat being made homeless by using a dating app.

With the housing crisis leaving many people in difficult positions, it's no wonder some people are turning to more creative methods to secure a roof over their heads for the night.

Cue Emily Webb from the Gold Coast in Australia.

When Webb was allegedly "homeless", she turned to the tool she knew best: a dating app.

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While you may think it sounds strange, it actually works, according to the influencer.

The 26-year-old took to TikTok to reveal what she likes to refer to as a "life hack", stating: "If you're new here, I'm homeless.

"This is one of my boyfriends' places," she continued, referring to the apartment she was in at the time of the video. "...But I can't believe I was wasting my money on rent all this time.

"Life hack: If you're hot, do not ever pay rent. You can literally just go on Hinge and stay at a different guy's place for free every single night."

Sounds foolproof, right? But it does come with its complications as Webb revealed that she can only do it for a few nights before she's kicked out and is back to sleeping in her car.

Speaking to News.com.au, she opened up further about her method of combatting homelessness.

"I’ve been on dating apps finding different guys’ places to stay with, and it is going surprisingly well," she told the outlet. "I don’t usually tell them. I don’t want to put pressure on anyone. I don’t mention that I’m homeless, and I don’t think I look homeless."

The influencer, who also does risqué street interviews on the side, noted that she has a handful of friends in the area, but she doesn't want to "burden" them.

"I have so many friends on the Gold Coast, but I don’t want to overstay my welcome or be a burden, but I don’t mind being a burden to random men," she added.

However, her plans quickly went downhill as she took to TikTok earlier this year to reveal that some men were catching onto her tactics, making it more difficult for her to use their apartments as a temporary home.

Because of this, she's had to resort to reaching out to her friends and sleeping in her car more often than not.

She's also giving the Hinge tactic a break, which we're pretty glad to hear as going to strangers' homes can be pretty dangerous.

Now she's making some extra cash doing social media, so hopefully, she'll be able to secure her own place soon.

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An influencer has broken down in tears after she responded to the backlash she faced online for owning a house at 21 years old.

Katylee Bailey - from Yorkshire, United Kingdom - recently shared a video celebrating after she bought a house outright at her young age.

In the footage, which was captioned: "Biggest achievement of my life. Here's to my new chapter," Bailey held a champagne bottle with confetti inside which she popped before cheering.

She also lip-synched to Kanye West's famous speech at the Grammy Awards, when he said: "Everybody wants to know what I would do if I didn't win, I guess we'll never know."

While many people hailed the young woman for her achievement, not everyone was pleased as some users pointed out that they work many hours and still cannot afford to be a homeowner.

One person wrote: "Lucky you here I am paying 2 grand in rent every month because I am not eligible for a mortgage despite working 40 hours a week."

Another user said: "There’s me working my arse off every week fixing cars and could just act stupid in front of a camera to get a mortgage."

A third user commented: "So sad the people that work the least get this, and people putting their life on the line can barely afford heating."

A fourth person added: "There’s no way working on TikTok would buy a minimum of £100k house straight out! Mortgage free? How?!"

Following the posting of the first video, Bailey shared a second clip where she tearfully addressed the criticism she received from commenters.

"I just wanted to come on here to say that I'm sorry to anyone who feels like I'm bragging about the house thing," she said, with tears in her eyes. "Yes, the system is absolutely f***ed, I will never get my head around the fact that I've become so lucky."

"But believe or not, as much as some of you guys don't wanna understand this, I do actually work, and let me tell you something, social media is so mentally draining," she continued.

"I know there are many people out there who work their a***s off. I genuinely did just fall lucky with social media. And yes my family has given me an amazing life."

"But I didn't get brought up with money, so to be able to achieve such a big thing at 21 years old, I'm just so grateful," she stated. "It's not me bragging, it's me being so proud of myself. I think if anyone else had the opportunity, they'd do it."

The emotional footage amassed 3.1 million views, with many people taking to the comments section to send their support to the influencer.

One user said: "You should never apologize for hitting such an achievement at such a young age and being PROUD of it!! You should be proud!!"

Another added: "Katylee, do not ever apologize! You should be proud of yourself! Shout it from the rooftops. You can’t please everyone and like you say anyone else."

According to Telegraph and Argus, Bailey first started her TikTok page "as a bit of fun" but now earns around £1,000 per video she posts. She dropped out of university to pursue social media as her full-time content creator.

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A woman from Chicago has performed an incredible act of kindness this week, by paying for the hotel rooms of over 60 homeless people. 34-year-old real-estate developer Candace Payne performed the amazing public service, due to her business partner of many years telling her about his experiences living homeless in the past. Candace, fearful of the freezing weather, decided to take matters into her own hands by finding shelter for vagrants.

To that end she took to Instagram to try to raise money, posting a status in which she wrote: "It don’t take much to be a blessing to someone else! It’s freezing cold and deadly temperatures outside! For the people who has nowhere to go, no money, no food, family disowned them... need help it’s not much but to get them out the cold, feed them, and provide them with warm clean clothes is a start. [sic]"

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Candace's spot soon sparked hundreds of donations from the public, which included transportation, food and money from total strangers. In a recent interview with CNN, Candace stated "I had strangers from social media who are now lifelong friends helping me. I have people dropping by daily to help who have seen the story on Instagram.  They have volunteered money and time and cars because we had to get them to the hotel.” I also have a real estate brokerage, so some of the agents came out to help. They cooked for the homeless, helping serve them."

She added: "I am a regular person It all sounded like a rich person did this, but I’m just a little black girl from the South Side. I thought it was unattainable, but after seeing this and seeing people from all around the world, that just tells me that it’s not that unattainable. We can all do this together."

Candace contacted hotels and found 30 rooms available at the Amber Inn at a rate of $70 per room. She paid for all of the rooms on a credit card, and also purchased toiletries, food, prenatal vitamins, lotions, deodorants and snacks and made care packages to help make the people feel comfortable, while local restaurants soon pitched in, and donated trays of food and other sundries.

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Commenting on Candace's incredible generosity, Salvation Army spokeswoman Jacqueline Rachev stated: "We are thrilled that they are safe and warm. We got people from the police stations, hospitals, outside huddled around fire pits. We drove around looking for them. What inspired me was my current blessings, so I was just trying to give back."

Temperatures in Chicago plummeted to dismal lows of minus 25 and minus 26 during the middle of last week, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures are expected to stay low over the next few weeks.

A homeless teenager has gone viral and gained nearly 600,000 followers on TikTok this week after posting a candid video showing others how he prepares his food.

According to BoredPanda, the video in question was uploaded to the platform on February 24 by a user going by the @randomhomelessguy2, who is currently living rough on the streets along with his mom.

The TikTok user has since uploaded two videos showing others how he and his parent survive on super cost-efficient meals, such as ramen noodles, pasta, and passata with bread.

The teen also shows how he employs an electric cooker, which he purchased on the cheap - supplying himself with water from drinking fountains and power from public sockets.

According to the teen, the videos were recorded on his iPhone 11, which his mom bought for him last year at the beginning of 2020 before they lost their homes.

The first video quickly picked up a lot of attention online, accruing over 20 million views, 4.7 million likes, and over 72,000 comments from other TikTok users as of the time of writing.

For instance, one person wrote: "Take care! I hope things get better for you [sic]"

Another person wrote: "Do people not understand [the] difference between homeless and poor?? buying a 15 dollar pan and a house are completely different things."

Meanwhile, someone else wrote: "ppl give 22k to a lady with glue on her head when they could help someone like this instead [...] I hate it here."

Another person wrote: "I'm so proud of you! Please make sure to stay safe x [sic]"

Finally, someone else wrote: "clearly some people in the comments think that being homeless means you have pennies, no phonem nothing... guys homeless means without a home."

In a later follow-up post, the unnamed teen responded to claims from some skeptics that his videos had been faked for the sake of views, and thanked his supporters for their encouraging words.